The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-12-18
A NEW YORK COUNTRY GIRL.
ENDING an IRREGULAR LIFE IN TIE
CITY WITH A PISTOL SHOT.

ENDING an IRREGUJLR LIFE IN TIE
CITY WITH A PISTOL sHoT.
Nellie senthv,eh and Her Lever Quarrel
Over . Diamond Ring She Had Pawned-
she Kueeis By Nis BED Begging for Par
Aen-He Goes t. Sleep Unferuiving-She
thor Goes Ont aud Kills Herself
Peter Milbourne Of 255 West Twenty-irst
street, and his brother-in-law Samuel Swayne
OF Greonpoint. were astir carly yesterday morn
ing In the formers house.. A child Of Mr.. Mil
bourne's was Mt the point OF death from diph-
iberia. and the men hurried up stairs to see
how the morning found II. The hall was dark,
and. in passing O window. Mr.. Melbourne threw
up the phade. Tho dim light Of approaching
dawn enabled him to SEQ something in the yard
which struck him oddly, but which he could
not make out clearly. He sent Swayne down
to see what It was, and Joined him In tho yard
after asking how the sick child was.
The two men found in the corner Of the yard.
on a flower bed among the witherod stalks Of
some frost-killed plants, the dead body Of q
good-looking young woman known to them az
Mrs. Nellie Montgomery. There were gun
powder marks upon her clothing at the breast,
and there was o pistol By her side. The body
was stone cold.
Robert Montgomery, who passed as the
woman's husband. was found asleep in the
room occupied by the couple in the house. He
was dszed by the shock Of the news, and said:
why did I not forgive herr
TIC Policeman O'Neil. who had been called in.
he admitted that he had quarrelled with the
woman the night before. and that the pistol
found in the yard belonged to him.
With Policeman Evans, O'Neil then made q
moro careful examination Of the body. The
fatal wound was in the left breast, and had
bled internally. The woman was clothed In Q
red cotton chemise, a brown silk skirt, a WOOL
len underskirt. q gray woollen house sacque,
stockings, and slippers. She was dressed as
usual e. sPending the EVENING R 2 I. Ct home; and
M @o easesass11H WAS .H sa isslt 70 the station house
p psa f1RT shs iaa to sss w wHI%SSs VII III ' bs G SsfS on
the case is anything but, q suicide.
M Sfs's.e So snsd )! 30 Be siinsmas Street y 'G H. + q q
years old. and resembles Bob billiard in face
ment and does not sport. a.moustaehe. liz is
also an. actor. and travelled. with Mrs. DIP.
Bowers's company three or four seasons. Be-
Jackson &.Co.'is. 81 East Seyeltsenth street. as
MslI q BECAUSE IN M9s,l e. W Hs 'o oDt o e ne io S.a snd ' Se ls}t
again; all Of thsss stores b Is very highly
bpohoh "a Az Wl hVo wv "
the. one. across the street whore the couple
took their meals they are described as afrec;
his evenings at home. seldom going out with
out taking this woman with him. AT dinner on
Friday night there was no sign Of any trouble
cheerful and lively than usual. her manner
being habitually quiet.
But on the return to their room they, quar-
change for,s better one After sttenptIne to
him that she had pawned It, but said that she
s snsl d as w .e to Ses get ap money a to o dsm hln E dRr tse
get It. Then he went out alone. spending the
s. I! WAT 2,s'H e. h Ra dc ar %0Enln she so %ss stiil s ae and
sorry wa1.1n she ,H had h! pawn sas ,h Sf rias. and ih she f bss yea
him to forgive her; but he paid no attention to
her appeals, and undressed and went to bed.
ksr ana answered. Iittis, For about aisssn
l mla 9 to o' he ss'k snd T nude hs an o or ra6hsf
$ Then he dropped or asleep. AM, then
it is supposed she hunted up his plstol, and
yard and Filled herself.
Her real name Is Nellie ]sSSuthwick; and her
tween that city and. Genesee Falls. She was q
Yorf sapporsed iersslt By that thai S soTs ! Mont.
teenth street. In the house Of q Mrs. Stern. who
has sinoc removed. She lived there as tho vito
was the cause Of her leaving home.
eMontgomery says that though he and she
we're never joined BY any mamTriase ceremony.
her people to be notified, he desires to bury her
himself, and has made. arrangements with
whose shop the body was removed yesterday
uty Coroner Scholer. is as follows;
ct formal thu Q0nnainfnnra nf fhA HAoaoonI
at a boarding house in Fifteenth, Street, Mrs.
Storms, and boarded there about three months.
r ses g. but sn aite s!m a sh sS!a period %s an 81. s toid Tn ms mat that
taken from her home in Auburn by the man
. SALESMAN FOR J. 1. conover / CO. Of twenty >
Nellie southwick went to her home in Au-
bna mo WA mot 70 az sga1 W.T. ~ th Tne m9Rth Of March stT r
Mott, IS and 90 Beekman street. where I am
AND 1 had 4 dinner. Then we had words UssHai to.
Gether on account OF n diamond ring. asked
her what had become OF the ring. She said
had pawned 1t. l then asked for the ticket.
She gave It to me; but took 1t from mo again
out. and she took the ticket again from the
trunk and gave 1t to me-. ! found that she
pawned IT IN November. l then went out to
there about two and a half hours. I then went
to tho 'Woodbine.' and from there to u saloon
in Twenty-third street. l met 2 friend who is
went home it must nave been about / O'Clock.
I found deceased had not yet gone to bed. l
alongside Of the bod. asking my forgiveness
because she had told me. 6, falsehood; I disre-
garded her entirely, and fell asleep. This morn
Ing about 7 o'clock / was called by an officer,
and, learned that deceased was lying in the
yard, dead"
After Montgomery had been removed to the
Tombs on the Coroner's commitment. Mr.. G. L..
Morrison of Motifs called at, the station house.
He said that the people IL the store would do
ried his pistol, but kept 1t in the trunk.
She Sought Fame Ey Another's Pen.
W%ATERTowN, N. Y, Dec. 17.-In the Circuit
Court hero Abi Jackman, q young authoress.